How long Bruce was a recluse and how come Bruce quit as Batman gets so mixed up all the time.

It's like people didn't even bother to pay attention to the film.

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Originally Posted by georgec

Which is why I think the inclusion of that line I mentioned above would have possibly preventing people from misunderstanding this. It might have been too direct, but then again I can't imagine how the circumstances of Bruce's retirement from Batman, work on the energy project, then eventual depression were unclear to people in the first place.

I agree. I mean if Alfred can make his exposition of Bane's past exploits work in the same scene, I'm sure the stuff about Bruce failing as Bruce Wayne would work, no problem.